Day 17

Here on Day 17 the body has adjusted to eating different and the mind does not scream as loud for the old food.  We are looking forward to not having the same regimented eating schedule, but not looking forward to eating many of the foods we used to eat. The thought of grease and heavy foods is not appealing.  Others that have done the Daniel Fast talked about how they couldn’t wait to enjoy their favorite beverage or burger.  We don’t necessarily feel that way.  It is if we have been reprogramming our brains, putting things in a healthy and unhealthy category and the thought of immediately returning to foods in the unhealthy category is not all that appealing.  Unhealthy things are those things that aren't necessarily sinful or anything, but impede the goal of being in the best physical health that we can be. 

 

Likewise, there is a parallel process in action and it has to do with things getting sorted out in other domains of life as healthy and unhealthy.  When we begin to contemplate what it is that we really want in life, we must also ask what we are willing to give up to get it.  These questions have ask for a re-evaluation of priorities and exactly where it is you spend your time.  Too much time reading the sports page or playing computer games or watching TV is time away from those things that are important and likely to generate the kinds of outcomes we desire in life.  Not necessarily sinful, but certainly impede our goals and things that we want out of life.  Day 17 reveals an important life truth:  not only do foods get placed in healthy and unhealthy categories, but so do our activities and ways that we spend our time.  Until Day 18…